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May 29, 2014

As the season comes to a close, we now find the forest covered with a carpet of fallen leaves, the recent brights suddenly faded and replaced with earthen tones. Mild winter days thus far, with intermittent snow, rain, and a mix of warm sunny days thrown in.

View of Dientes de Navarino & expedition boats tied up at the Club Naval de Yates Micalvi
The grounded Micalvi is the vessel on the far left and serves as the "clubhouse".
Puerto Williams, Isla Navarino - CHILE (May 2014)

The southernmost yacht club in the world is the Club Naval de Yates Micalvi. The Micalvi is a Chilean Navy ship that is grounded in Seno Lauto Harbour, just off the Beagle Channel in Puerto Williams. The ship serves as a pontoon for a flotilla of boats, with bar/restaurant/lounge/showers. The seno is very well protected and now serves as a strategic stopping point for expeditions to Cape Horn, Antarctica, and the Falkland Islands.

May 22, 2014

James always makes up fun nick-names for the places we go with the kids. Raivo & Tormentina found an old liquor bottle at the base of a tree during one of our walks in the woods, so whenever we go walking here, we call it the "magical whisky bottle forest."

May 13, 2014

Beautiful continuous wave forms way down deep. This was the mega powerful sea state that we saw two days before getting dismasted on our passage attempt from Auckland to Lorient (non-stop, via Cape Horn). Magnificent, mesmerizing big blue walls that simultaneously demanded our complete and utter respect.